I was slow on the draw for this one...
The point being, the entire cast are impossible freaks.
You're not wrong with what you're saying but...
We've been over this already.
I'd argue that the Elf is also sexualized in that she's also put into a
brokeback pose, though it's an "action shot" and
maybe doesn't count this negates, somewhat the creepy male gaze factor I get from it. Obviously a pose being used in an "action shot" does not preclude the image being
completely ridiculous. Examining the elf's design though, the points we're meant to find attractive might actually be her almost conservative style of dress and her
agility and flexibility.
EDIT: And I assume everyone here understands how these are desirable features.If it's not yet clear, I use whether or not characters are put into the brokeback pose as something of a "Bechdel Test" for just how much the piece is trying to hook me in by my genitals. I'm pretty sure that while there going to be
concerns that can legitimately be raised about the characters and story of Dragon's Crown, at least none of the women are going into combat wearing heels like
M:OM Samus or
Samara, and it's not like Kamitani hasn't also put the fighter into a slight
brokeback (the plane of his hips and feet are at more than a right angle from the plane of his shoulders and chest). Like the Bechdel Test, it's an extremely low bar that says very little for the (sleazy) content of whatever it is that's being tested, but it usually means that a (usually female) character is being treated as eye candy and the frequency of it makes me uncomfortable.
amazon is pretty gross when drawn really closely to her actual design
I am extremely disappointed by this opinion.